The End of Localhost

Re:The End of Localhost by pcthrowaway on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:56PM (#31671438)

I think the move to WFH has accelerated this shift (a worthwhile tradeoff IMO)

Previously when working with a company (small startup or large company) you'd have an office LAN and a few servers, or a corporate VPN which your office network was on, and Openstack, or other 'local' services available.

Now that a large number (the majority?) of devs are working remote, if you want local/internal services you need to get everyone's buggy VPN software configured correctly

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Re:The End of Localhost by josephcsible on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @05:16PM (#31674322)

If cloud services don't need a VPN to use, why would companies' self-hosted services?

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Re:The End of Localhost by dx034 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @05:15AM (#31679150)

Because they have enough staff to detect and fix vulnerabilities within hours, if necessary. For a company without these resources (and maybe even larger ones), hiding servers from the internet can greatly reduce your attack surface.

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Re:The End of Localhost by arccy on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @10:42PM (#31677073)

because the company's IT people can't manage to keep all those self hosted systems up to date and secure

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